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I've had this issue with my iP4500 and now on my PRO-100. The cartridge clicks in, it lights up. You close the top lid and after it has done its machinations, fourteen flashes of the orange light. Open the lid, the cartridge is dark. Rinse, lather, repeat....and repeat....and, etc. It is a...

Your quest stirs vivid memories, even though I can no longer remember many details. Around a dozen years ago I did extensive amateur research on coatings and films. My goal was to prevent my Canon dye images from fading by UV or humidity. This effort was done on Florida's west coat, on the...

Ah, the iP4500! After one died, I actually found a brand new one on eBay! Yeah, it cost several times of what they were selling for 15? years ago, but well worth it to me.

I recently fired up my Pro 100 after being unused (and unplugged) for at least three years. Just fine. OEM and aftermarket inks.

Thanks, all. Good point about not being needed often. My story is that one got lost in moving, so I bought one. Then, of course, the lost one came to light! Grrrrr..........

I now have two surplus lower paper cassettes for the iP4500. Does anyone know what Pixma printers they may be compatible with? The part number? I know they aren't worth much, just hate sending things to the landfill. I'd rather someone might get some use from them. Thanks!

Many thanks for your thoughts! The reason I know the print head is good is that it worked fine until the feed issue and subsequent alternating flashing lights. I have never, ever had on on-screen error code on any Canon printer I've ever used. Only assorted flashing light codes. I have no...

Other than a one, brief foray into Epson, I've been using Canon printers since the late 1990's. Some ancient ones, an S620? Anyway, moved on to the iPXXXX Pixma series, from way low model numbers (iP2000-ish?) to the iP4500. I also have a Canon PRO-100 when I want large or better photo prints...

I think there is way too much worrying about this. I'm willing to learn something if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that with the print heads in park position, there won't be any evaporation of inks. The only issue I've had with leaving my Pro 100 unused for months is weird. It's been so...

Windex isn't cheap???? Even without going the generic route, such as grocery store brand, a quart or so in a spray bottle of the real deal is less than $4 here. That should clean a few dozen print heads, no? If it was $10 equivalent in the UK, that's a few shillings per head, no? turbguy's...

If I leave my Pro 100 off, as I often don't print on it for months, and plugged in, it restarts with an error code. I don't remember how many flashes, or what it signifies, or how I get it back on track. Now, I unplug it after I turn it off. Weird, eh?

Not to reignite the Perpetual Epson-Canon Pissing Contest, but in the many years on this forum, I often see issues with Epson that I don't with Canon. Maybe I'm just biased and am blind to Canon issues? Over the 25? years I've been in computers and printers and later scanners, I now don't even...

I had a printer die in shipment that I sold. Since I didn't get near what I reasonably expected per sold on eBay, I didn't insure it. Especially since the cheapest transportation from SW Florida to northern California was already high. The buyer really worked with me to try to get it going...

Yes, I did speak for myself. Of course. As I said, my perspective. I'm sure you know that re-writable discs sometimes suffer from failures like fungus in between the layers. I have thousands of photographs from the late 19th century to the present. www.vphotoestate.com I trust them to...

Dang, that just took me to a generic shopping page. Anyone else? thoughts?

What's a CD? Seriously, have you ever seen a media type come and go so fast? Including DVD's, for the most part, and especially writable for archiving. I have drawers of blank discs of both types, two sizes, and hundreds of sleeves. I now burn a disc maybe twice a year. My first DVD...

Looks like it's up to $119 after rebate as of this AM. (10/3/18 USA)

You are on the right track about one thing, coating to prevent image loss. My lengthy experiments in bright Florida sun a few years ago showed that it is atmospheric gases that fade Canon Chromalife prints many times over that of UV. And that was "clean" air, just blown in from the Gulf of...

Sir, you could not be more wrong it you tried. First, you are outright ignoring many very experienced printer's comments in not only this thread, but many others. Canon used to have some pages up on the new back then Chromalife100+ inks that very clearly claimed different fading resistance...

Have you looked on eBay? I see lots and lots of OEM used cartridges for my Canon printers.